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The Bloody Feast

October 2, 2014 | Nadine El Sayed 2
The Bloody Feast

I am a Muslim. Just so we clear the air here. I am a practicing one too.

But I do not like the sight of bloody streets, dead corpses hanging everywhere, blood-stained walls to commemorate victory over the animal that just gave its soul to feed you and the dozens of poor cows being squeezed into one tiny car to face their death.

I do not eat meat, but I do not judge you if you do; I only object to how savage the whole process is.

I realize you want to kill the animal and give away the meat to the needy; but why does it have to be so disrespectful? So brutal? Why do we have to make such a show of it?

Why do you have to parade the animal’s body around like a trophy? What does it show? That we can hold a knife and have money enough to buy the cow? Why can’t we show a little respect to the animal that lived a miserable life and then died a miserable death to feed us, savage humans? Why can’t we raise it respectfully in decent areas, giving them decent meals, allowing them the least decency of space to move around and then at least transport them for their final destination in a car that’s big enough to fit them?

If you’re rolling your eyes now thinking “God created them as food for us and it’s allowed in most religions,” well, god never intended them to be treated as such, I am certain. There are rules to keeping and even killing an animal that Islam stipulates. If we’re going to follow the religion, then we might as well follow the bit that tells us to treat them kindly, to not make them scared before killing them, to not let them see others getting killed or the knife you will use to slaughter them and that they be well-rested and relaxed throughout the process. I am yet to see any of those conditions fulfilled.

I also find it utterly heartbreaking that a five-year-old has to live with a sheep for a week, feeding him and taking care of him and then be taken by his father one morning to watch his pet die, gets skinned and then hung in the street in plain sight for everyone to witness. What message are we giving him about religion and humanity? Is he really old enough for such a traumatic experience? Why can’t we raise our children to respect the animals, even if they will end up being a meal that will feed them later on. And what’s the point of involving him anyway? So that when he’s old enough he can do it himself? There’s a reason why kids are kids and grown ups are grown ups. Why don’t we shove five-year-olds down the sea and let them survive so when they grow up, they know how to handle the situation as well.

It’s not natural for children—and even adults—to see animals getting killed, blood being spilled and corpses being paraded. It’s simply unnatural.

If you want to eat meat, go ahead and eat meat. If you want to slaughter animals and donate the meat to the needy, go ahead and do that. But show the least respect to the animal; keep him well, transport him well, don’t let him see your knife, don’t slaughter him in the street for the blood to flow and please, oh, please, don’t hang his corpse as a show of how strong and right you are.

 


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  1. islam

    well its an order from God (all mighty) to profit Ibrahim (Peace and Blessing be upon him) and his son Ismael (May God’s Peace Be upon him), and passed to our beloved prophet Mohamed (God’s Peace and Blessing Be Upon Him) as an order to help the people in need with fur and meat to live a respectable life and strengthens the bond between people, plus their are rules before the slaughtering, and the are that (بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم) must be said to the cattle multiple times to assure it, then sharpen the blade away from the cattle, then praising God and beginning the process in the direction of the Qaaba. all of this is a way to have God’s acceptance and it is written in the Holy Quran in Surat “Al Haj”,(سورة الحج) from (الاية 27 to الاية 33).

    its God’s orders and cannot be changed according to our ideologies. As for leaving the corpses and the blood its human behavior of cleaning after the sacrificing is done, not a religious order. Plus all of the prestigious religious thinkers and leaders such as the four main scholars,(Al Imam Al Sahfei, Ibn Hambal,Al Malky, and Abo Hanefa), plus Certified Hadith from our beloved Prophet Mohamed (God’s peace and blessin gbe upon him) that the seeing of blood spill from cattle drives away any envy, a person who has any magical spells on you, which is mentioned in the Holy Quran, and protects from any envious people.

    so i recommend thinking and making a thorough research before talking about any subject in religion because it is critical and very dangerous especially for who it not well educated about the orders and aspects of religion.

    thank you for your concideration

  2. Am sorry but you don’t seem to have read the article thoroughly. At no point does the article discuss eating or slaughtering meat. It speaks of how people behave when they do that and how they don’t actually abide by the rules God and the prophet set out to slaughter animals mercifully.

    I dont understand why you’re saying that god’s orders cannot be changing according to our ideologies when I am clearly trying to say that people are NOT actually following god’s orders because they’re not merciful to animals at all.

    As for the blood spills, this is a very wide area of debate but I disagree with you that god ordered us to spill cattles’ blood to drive away envy and I disagree that this has anything to do with Islam.

    I kindly ask you to re=read the article, I don’t think it’s fair for your to say that we didn’t research this before writing because that is far from the truth. SO please go back and read it because I truly think you missed the point of it.
    Nadine

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